NASA Houston is where the space program took place from 1961 to 1992. When you look at the Apollo 13 movie they used this exact control center where they managed all of the trips to the moon.
The trips to the moon took place before a calculator was invented, all calculations were done by hand or with a slide rule. The huge room full of computers that they used had a total storage space of what it would take to store 4 or 5 pictures on your phone today. They even had ashtrays in the sitting area.
It is mind blowing. What a day!!!
Visit the website , impossible to tell the story
NASA Houston
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| Space shuttle on display as you come in |
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| The actual mission control center where every thing happened |
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| Training center |
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| Canadarm no Canadian flag!!! |
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| Training Center |
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| Training center |
1 comment:
That would be fascinating. So much has changed since the 60s!
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